Download eng sub. Start No - Serial number of first lens made Confirmed - Earliest and latest serial numbers seen ^ lens added to list in last 6 months † bought new in last 6 months End No - Last lens made Qty - Number of lenses made based on serial numbers collected Date - Production dates, difficult to verify so may not be accurate.
Contents [] History The company was founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K. (日本光学工業㈱) with the merger of two Japanese optical firms with military connections. The company's first camera lenses were designed in the 1920s by Heinrich Acht, who was invited with a team of German engineers (see ). After the departure of Acht, the lens design department was taken over by Sunayama Kakuya (砂山角野). The first lens mounted on a camera for civil use was the Anytar 12cm f/4.5 made in the early 1930s, renamed Nikkor in 1932.
From 1934, the company supplied lenses to for the early cameras. During World War II the company expanded significantly, supplying optical equipment to the Japanese military, including various. After the war, Nippon Kōgaku decided to produce cameras for civil use, and two projects were started: a 6×6cm TLR and a 35mm rangefinder camera. The TLR, called, was shelved because of problems to find an adequate leaf shutter. The rangefinder camera was inspired by the German. It is said that various names were considered, including Pentax, Nicca or Nikorette. It was finally released as the in 1948.
DSLR bodies, D-series, image by Ed Kwon The Nikon I proved very successful, and was followed by a long line of. In parallel, the company produced a range of Nikkor lenses both in and for its own rangefinder cameras.
The quality of these lenses attracted the attention of many professional photographers and photojournalists desiring better results from the small format. In 1959, Nippon Kōgaku introduced the, an advanced mechanical single lens reflex () camera that proved to be extraordinarily durable and reliable. Corel draw 12 highly compressed software download. With the F, Nikon introduced its philosophy of high-quality, low-friction, close-tolerance mechanisms requiring less lubricant than other cameras. This workmanship had a practical side, as Nikons have accompanied more photographers to extreme environments — from the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Saharan Desert — than any other SLR camera. The F became an overnight success with many professional and serious amateur photographers, and spawned a succession of popular Nikon 35mm film cameras, culminating with the Nikon F6. In 1983 Nikon launched the Nikon F3AF, a professional SLR with together with the autofocus lenses AF 80mm f2.8 and AF 200mm f3.5 ED-IF, a fast portrait lens and a fast tele lens since the camera was designed as kind of. Both lenses had internal AF motors and worked on a slightly modified F-lenses bayonet, thus enabling the usage of manual focusing lenses on the autofocus camera body.
In the mid 1990s Nikon made its first, the E-series, expensive cameras producing low image resolution. In the late 1990s, Nikon introduced its consumer line digital photography products with both the Coolpix line of consumer and 'prosumer' cameras as well as the Nikon D-series (DSLRs). In 2003 the company owned Photonics Technology Group which developed an own kind of image sensors (LBCAST-technology instead of common or CMOS chip-architecture).
In 2008 Nikon returned to conventional sensortypes with its FX-format sensor (FX-Format= frame-format) which it applied in its DSLR. Digital Fixed Lens All Nikon's compact digital cameras with fixed lenses are branded with the trademark and are listed together. 35mm film Auto Focus SLR. As with other Japanese manufacturers, Nikon's models were given different names in different territories and formed a confusing array of series, some of which lasted several years and crossed over with others. Below is a list of all the ranges along with some models that defy categorization.
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Download eng sub. Start No - Serial number of first lens made Confirmed - Earliest and latest serial numbers seen ^ lens added to list in last 6 months † bought new in last 6 months End No - Last lens made Qty - Number of lenses made based on serial numbers collected Date - Production dates, difficult to verify so may not be accurate.
Contents [] History The company was founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K. (日本光学工業㈱) with the merger of two Japanese optical firms with military connections. The company's first camera lenses were designed in the 1920s by Heinrich Acht, who was invited with a team of German engineers (see ). After the departure of Acht, the lens design department was taken over by Sunayama Kakuya (砂山角野). The first lens mounted on a camera for civil use was the Anytar 12cm f/4.5 made in the early 1930s, renamed Nikkor in 1932.
From 1934, the company supplied lenses to for the early cameras. During World War II the company expanded significantly, supplying optical equipment to the Japanese military, including various. After the war, Nippon Kōgaku decided to produce cameras for civil use, and two projects were started: a 6×6cm TLR and a 35mm rangefinder camera. The TLR, called, was shelved because of problems to find an adequate leaf shutter. The rangefinder camera was inspired by the German. It is said that various names were considered, including Pentax, Nicca or Nikorette. It was finally released as the in 1948.
DSLR bodies, D-series, image by Ed Kwon The Nikon I proved very successful, and was followed by a long line of. In parallel, the company produced a range of Nikkor lenses both in and for its own rangefinder cameras.
The quality of these lenses attracted the attention of many professional photographers and photojournalists desiring better results from the small format. In 1959, Nippon Kōgaku introduced the, an advanced mechanical single lens reflex () camera that proved to be extraordinarily durable and reliable. Corel draw 12 highly compressed software download. With the F, Nikon introduced its philosophy of high-quality, low-friction, close-tolerance mechanisms requiring less lubricant than other cameras. This workmanship had a practical side, as Nikons have accompanied more photographers to extreme environments — from the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Saharan Desert — than any other SLR camera. The F became an overnight success with many professional and serious amateur photographers, and spawned a succession of popular Nikon 35mm film cameras, culminating with the Nikon F6. In 1983 Nikon launched the Nikon F3AF, a professional SLR with together with the autofocus lenses AF 80mm f2.8 and AF 200mm f3.5 ED-IF, a fast portrait lens and a fast tele lens since the camera was designed as kind of. Both lenses had internal AF motors and worked on a slightly modified F-lenses bayonet, thus enabling the usage of manual focusing lenses on the autofocus camera body.
In the mid 1990s Nikon made its first, the E-series, expensive cameras producing low image resolution. In the late 1990s, Nikon introduced its consumer line digital photography products with both the Coolpix line of consumer and 'prosumer' cameras as well as the Nikon D-series (DSLRs). In 2003 the company owned Photonics Technology Group which developed an own kind of image sensors (LBCAST-technology instead of common or CMOS chip-architecture).
In 2008 Nikon returned to conventional sensortypes with its FX-format sensor (FX-Format= frame-format) which it applied in its DSLR. Digital Fixed Lens All Nikon's compact digital cameras with fixed lenses are branded with the trademark and are listed together. 35mm film Auto Focus SLR. As with other Japanese manufacturers, Nikon's models were given different names in different territories and formed a confusing array of series, some of which lasted several years and crossed over with others. Below is a list of all the ranges along with some models that defy categorization.